19 Facts About Lonnie Chavis

Lonnie Chavis is known for playing young Randall Pearson on NBC's drama, This Is Us.

In 2020, Lonnie Chavis starred in his first feature film, The Water Man.

Lonnie Chavis was born on November 23,2007, in Downey, California.

In 2016, an 8-year-old Lonnie Chavis made headlines when he was nearly abducted from outside his home in Long Beach, California while taking out the trash.

Lonnie Chavis fought off his would-be captors and alerted his neighbor who escorted Chavis back home to his mom, who had contacted the police.

In 2016, Chavis joined the cast This Is Us as a young version of Sterling K Brown's Randall Pearson.

In early 2017, Lonnie Chavis appeared as a guest star in an episode of his favorite show, the Nickelodeon sitcom, The Thundermans.

Later that year, Lonnie Chavis appeared in an episode of The CW's Supergirl.

In June 2017, Lonnie Chavis was promoted to series regular in season 2 of This Is Us.

Lonnie Chavis would go on to star opposite Jay Pharoah in the comedy White Famous, executive produced by Jamie Foxx.

Lonnie Chavis revealed that the series was his first experience with improvisation.

Lonnie Chavis made his feature film debut in Disney's Magic Campwhich starred Adam DeVine.

Lonnie Chavis appeared in Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History which premiered on Netflix in 2019.

Lonnie Chavis appeared in the short film Skin from Guy Nattiv.

In 2018, Lonnie Chavis was cast opposite Jason Wiles in Sunny Daze, which Wiles wrote and directed.

In 2019, Lonnie Chavis was cast opposite Academy Award nominee David Oyelowo in Oyelowo's feature film directorial debut, The Water Man.

In 2020, Lonnie Chavis was cast to star in The Boy Behind the Door, a thriller from the writing-directing team of David Charbonier and Justin Powell.

In June 2018, Lonnie Chavis posted a video to Instagram in response to online bullying about the gap in his teeth.

In October 2018, Lonnie Chavis partnered with Ad Council on an anti-bullying campaign.